WiFi Problem

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Anirban Biswas

29 Nov 2004 29 Nov '04

00:39

Hi I am having problem to setting up my WiFi Card. My Card is BCM4306 802.11b/g as detected by Yast Hardwar info. Though theNetwork interface only detected by LAN card so I manually Configured the WLAN Card as direct PCI based WLAN Card. But still Kwifimanager can not detect any network. So please help me how to setup WLAN or give me some link. TIA Anirban Biswas -- If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus Torvalds must be the Messiah.

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Scott Leighton

29 Nov 29 Nov

00:52

New subject: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

On Sunday 28 November 2004 4:39 pm, Anirban Biswas wrote:

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Hi I am having problem to setting up my WiFi Card. My Card is BCM4306 802.11b/g as detected by Yast Hardwar info. Though theNetwork interface only detected by LAN card so I manually Configured the WLAN Card as direct PCI based WLAN Card. But still Kwifimanager can not detect any network.

So please help me how to setup WLAN or give me some link.

AFAIK, Broadcom chips require you to use ndiswrapper along with a windows driver for the WIFI card. Look at installing ndiswrapper. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.5-7.111-default x86_64

Brad Bourn

16:47

New subject: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

And since there isn't a 64-bit windows driver for that card, I don't think it will work for 64-bit SuSE either. If I am wrong, please correct me because I have a zv5000 (hp) laptop that has one of those on-board. I just use wired support for now. B-) On Sunday 28 November 2004 05:52 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Sunday 28 November 2004 4:39 pm, Anirban Biswas wrote:

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Hi I am having problem to setting up my WiFi Card. My Card is BCM4306 802.11b/g as detected by Yast Hardwar info. Though theNetwork interface only detected by LAN card so I manually Configured the WLAN Card as direct PCI based WLAN Card. But still Kwifimanager can not detect any network.

So please help me how to setup WLAN or give me some link.

AFAIK, Broadcom chips require you to use ndiswrapper along with a windows driver for the WIFI card. Look at installing ndiswrapper.

Scott

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Curt Purdy

18:34

New subject: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver. My problem was that I could not get ndiswrapper to run under 64-bit, so I installed a 32-bit version of 9.1, got ndiswrapper to run and was about to get it up, when I came in possession of an Orinoco Gold card. Slipped it in under 64-bit and 9.1 saw it, installed the driver, and it worked. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ----------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity zar Richard Clarke

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-----Original Message----- From: Brad Bourn [mailto:brad@summitrd.com] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:56 AM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

And since there isn't a 64-bit windows driver for that card, I don't think it will work for 64-bit SuSE either.

If I am wrong, please correct me because I have a zv5000 (hp) laptop that has one of those on-board.

I just use wired support for now.

B-)

On Sunday 28 November 2004 05:52 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Sunday 28 November 2004 4:39 pm, Anirban Biswas wrote:

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Hi I am having problem to setting up my WiFi Card. My Card is BCM4306 802.11b/g as detected by Yast Hardwar info. Though theNetwork interface only detected by LAN card so I manually Configured the WLAN Card as direct PCI based WLAN Card. But still Kwifimanager can not detect any network.

So please help me how to setup WLAN or give me some link.

AFAIK, Broadcom chips require you to use ndiswrapper along with a windows driver for the WIFI card. Look at installing ndiswrapper.

Scott

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Craig Weaver

18:45

New subject: [suse-amd64] RE: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

Orinoco cards use a different chip set and drivers than broadcom chip based cards. There are no 64bit drivers for broadcom cards to date. Believe me I would be running 64 bit on my laptop if it were possible to get the internal broadcom wireless to function that way. Craig Curt Purdy wrote:

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I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver. My problem was that I could not get ndiswrapper to run under 64-bit, so I installed a 32-bit version of 9.1, got ndiswrapper to run and was about to get it up, when I came in possession of an Orinoco Gold card. Slipped it in under 64-bit and 9.1 saw it, installed the driver, and it worked.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions

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If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity zar Richard Clarke

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-----Original Message----- From: Brad Bourn [mailto:brad@summitrd.com] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:56 AM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

And since there isn't a 64-bit windows driver for that card, I don't think it will work for 64-bit SuSE either.

If I am wrong, please correct me because I have a zv5000 (hp) laptop that has one of those on-board.

I just use wired support for now.

B-)

On Sunday 28 November 2004 05:52 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Sunday 28 November 2004 4:39 pm, Anirban Biswas wrote:

...
Hi I am having problem to setting up my WiFi Card. My Card is BCM4306 802.11b/g as detected by Yast Hardwar info. Though theNetwork interface only detected by LAN card so I manually Configured the WLAN Card as direct PCI based WLAN Card. But still Kwifimanager can not detect any network.

So please help me how to setup WLAN or give me some link.

AFAIK, Broadcom chips require you to use ndiswrapper along with a windows driver for the WIFI card. Look at installing ndiswrapper.

Scott

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Brad Bourn

20:26

New subject: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

So, from what your saying, it would require a 64-bit driver.... B-) On Monday 29 November 2004 11:34 am, Curt Purdy wrote:

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I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver. My problem was that I could not get ndiswrapper to run under 64-bit, so I installed a 32-bit version of 9.1, got ndiswrapper to run and was about to get it up, when I came in possession of an Orinoco Gold card. Slipped it in under 64-bit and 9.1 saw it, installed the driver, and it worked.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions

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If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity zar Richard Clarke

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-----Original Message----- From: Brad Bourn [mailto:brad@summitrd.com] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:56 AM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

And since there isn't a 64-bit windows driver for that card, I don't think it will work for 64-bit SuSE either.

If I am wrong, please correct me because I have a zv5000 (hp) laptop that has one of those on-board.

I just use wired support for now.

B-)

On Sunday 28 November 2004 05:52 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Sunday 28 November 2004 4:39 pm, Anirban Biswas wrote:

...
Hi I am having problem to setting up my WiFi Card. My Card is BCM4306 802.11b/g as detected by Yast Hardwar info. Though theNetwork interface only detected by LAN card so I manually Configured the WLAN Card as direct PCI based WLAN Card. But still Kwifimanager can not detect any network.

So please help me how to setup WLAN or give me some link.

AFAIK, Broadcom chips require you to use ndiswrapper along with a windows driver for the WIFI card. Look at installing ndiswrapper.

Scott

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Philipp Thomas

30 Nov 30 Nov

13:55

New subject: [suse-amd64] RE: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

* Curt Purdy (purdy@tecman.com) [20041129 19:34]:

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I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver.

Of cause it does! Ndiswrapper is simply a wrapper that translates NDIS API calls to Linux kernel calls. As you can't mix 32 and 64 bit code, the driver has to match the kernel, i.e. for a 64 bit kernel you'd need a 64 bit driver. <soapbox> Once again it shows why binary-only drivers are bad and therefor why products needing them should be avoided if possible. </soapbox> Philipp -- Philipp Thomas Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuremberg, Germany

Sid Boyce

17:21

New subject: [suse-amd64] RE: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

Philipp Thomas wrote:

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* Curt Purdy (purdy@tecman.com) [20041129 19:34]:

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I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver.

Of cause it does! Ndiswrapper is simply a wrapper that translates NDIS API calls to Linux kernel calls. As you can't mix 32 and 64 bit code, the driver has to match the kernel, i.e. for a 64 bit kernel you'd need a 64 bit driver.

<soapbox> Once again it shows why binary-only drivers are bad and therefor why products needing them should be avoided if possible. </soapbox>

Philipp

64-bit certainly teaches you that lesson big time! Once there is a 32-bit binary module involved, you are out of luck, fact not soapbox. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====

Anirban Biswas

20:37

New subject: [suse-amd64] RE: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

Hi all Since I started this chain I should say I tried to Compile Ndiswrapper on my 64 bit Compaq Laptop but did not compiled said only work for 32 bit machine. So I think I am out of luck to use my WLAN card better to buy a LAN Cable. & thanks for the help guys. Anirban On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:21:29 +0000, Sid Boyce wrote:

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Philipp Thomas wrote:

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* Curt Purdy (purdy@tecman.com) [20041129 19:34]:

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I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver.

Of cause it does! Ndiswrapper is simply a wrapper that translates NDIS API calls to Linux kernel calls. As you can't mix 32 and 64 bit code, the driver has to match the kernel, i.e. for a 64 bit kernel you'd need a 64 bit driver.

<soapbox> Once again it shows why binary-only drivers are bad and therefor why products needing them should be avoided if possible. </soapbox>

Philipp

64-bit certainly teaches you that lesson big time! Once there is a 32-bit binary module involved, you are out of luck, fact not soapbox. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====

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Holger Ensslen

20:42

New subject: [suse-amd64] RE: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

Anirban Biswas schrieb:

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Hi all

Since I started this chain I should say I tried to Compile Ndiswrapper on my 64 bit Compaq Laptop but did not compiled said only work for 32 bit machine. So I think I am out of luck to use my WLAN card better to buy a LAN Cable. & thanks for the help guys.

Ndiswrapper does not work in 64-Bit OS. The main reason is that the Windowsdrivers are 32-Bit. It the latter is available, than the former could relativily easily be ported. That is at least what they say on their site. You could also install Linux as 32-Bit OS on your 64-Bit machine. Then it will work. But i assume you don´t want that.

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Anirban

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:21:29 +0000, Sid Boyce wrote:

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Philipp Thomas wrote:

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* Curt Purdy (purdy@tecman.com) [20041129 19:34]:

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I don't believe it will require a 64-bit Windoze driver.

Of cause it does! Ndiswrapper is simply a wrapper that translates NDIS API calls to Linux kernel calls. As you can't mix 32 and 64 bit code, the driver has to match the kernel, i.e. for a 64 bit kernel you'd need a 64 bit driver.

<soapbox> Once again it shows why binary-only drivers are bad and therefor why products needing them should be avoided if possible. </soapbox>

Philipp

64-bit certainly teaches you that lesson big time! Once there is a 32-bit binary module involved, you are out of luck, fact not soapbox. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====

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Andi Kleen

14 Dec 14 Dec

14:09

New subject: [suse-amd64] RE: [in] Re: [suse-amd64] WiFi Problem

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Ndiswrapper does not work in 64-Bit OS. The main reason is that the Windowsdrivers are 32-Bit. It the latter is available, than the former could relativily easily be ported. That is at least what they say on their site.

They're wrong. It will be significantly more work than 32bit ndiswrapper because the 64bit Windows ABI is unfortunately quite different from the 64bit SYSV ABI used in Linux. -Andi

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